Improvement in corn-planters



B. F. PARTRIDGIE.

seed Planter.

No. 6,016. Patented Jan. 9, 1849.

Er 'ro-u W 5 UNITED STATES B. r. PARTRIDGE, or sYRAoUsEQNEw YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 6,016, dated January 9,1849.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, B. F. PARTRIDGE, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Grainand Seed Planter; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification- Figure 1being a perspective view, Fig. 2 a top view, and Fig. 3 a verticallongitudinal section.

Similar letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

G G are the sides of the frame of the planter, terminating at their rearends in guiding-handles for the same. The side pieces,G G, are connectedtogether by the transverse headpiece H, the platform J, thebearing-plate 0 below the platform, and the rod 3 as represented in therespective drawings.

The planter rests upon the broad-faced covering-wheel E in the rear ofthe platform J and the small adjustable wheels t t at the front of thesame. The shaftp of the wheel E has its bearings made fast to the underedges of the side pieces, G G. The wheels tt have their bearings in thedivided lower ends ofthe standardsjj, which pass through apertures inthe head-piece H, and are secured therein in any desired position by theset-screws o o.

Upon the platform J is secured the grain tub A. The tub A is dividedinto two coinpartments by the partition B, retained and adjusted thereinby the set-screw (J, passing through the front side of the tub. Thepartition B has a brush secured to its lower extremity, that bearslightly upon the plantingplate D at the bottom of the grain-tub. Theplanting'plate D is secured to the vertical axle g, which rests upon thebearing-plate 0, and passes up through an aperture in the platform J,through the bottom of the grain-tub, and through the center of the top Kthereof. Motion is communicated to the axle g by means of thebevel-pinion n on the shaft 19, geared to the pinion m on one end of theaxle l, and the pinion 70 on the opposite end of l, geared to the pinionh on the lower end of g. The axle l is supported by the bearing-arms dd, secured to and projecting from the right-hand side piece G.

f is a'cultivator-point, having atubular shank which passes upthrough-an aperture in the center of the head-piece H, and is retainedtherein by the set-screw b.

e is an inclined tube, communicating with the hollow shank of thecultivatorfpointf, and thence passes up and is brought intocommunication with an aperture in the bottoomof the front or smallercompartment of the tub A.

One or more apertures, i, are formed in the planting-plate D, near itsperiphery, which, as the plate is revolved, pass directly over theaperture in the bottom of the front compartment ot' the tub A,communicating with the inclined tube 6.

s is a sliding gate for opening and closing the aperture in the bottomof the grain-tub opening into the inclined tube 6. The gate 8 isoperated by the angular lever, r, to which it is jointed, and the rod q,also jointed to the lever and extending to vthe rear along one of theside pieces G to and through a guidingstaple within convenient reach ofthe person following and guiding the planter.

On the cover K of the tub A the figures l 2- 3 4 are marked equidistantfrom each other, near its periphery.

An index, a, is placed upon the upper end of the axle g, and arranged insuch a position that it will point to one of the figures on K at theinstant that one of the apertures in the plate D is over the aperture inthe bottom of the tub leading into the tube e.

The grain to be planted is placed in the rear or largest compartment ofthe tub A. As the plant-er is drawn forward motion will be communicatedto the planting-wheel D from the wheel E, in the manner beforedescribed. The apertures c therein will be filled with kernels of grainin passing through the largest compartment of the tub, and the surpluswill be removed from the plate as it passes under the brush at the lowerend of B. When the apertures in D are brought over the mouth of the tube6, the kernels of grain contained therein will drop into the tube, andwill descend through thesame and through the hollow shank of thecultivator-pointfinto the furrow formed byf. The scraper to immediatelyin the rear off will close up the furrow over the kernels of grain orseeds.

The form of the scraper w is represented by Fig. 4. Its shank passes upthrough an aperture in the head-piece H, and is retained therein and itsposition adjusted by the setscrew 10. The depth of the furrow formed bythe point], and consequently the proper depth for the seeds to beplanted, is regulated and adjusted by varying the position of the wheelst t. These wheels can also be so adjusted as to keep the pointf abovethe surface of the ground in transporting the planter from place toplace.

On the rim of the wheel E one or more markers, z, are secured,corresponding in number with the apertures din the planting-wheel D. Theposition of the marker or markers on E is so adjusted as to make a markupon the covered furrow exactly over the spot where the kernels of grainare planted, for the purpose of indicating to the attendant thedirection ofthe rows in a transverse direction and enabling him to soadjust the planter at the commencement of each longitudinal row as tokeep the transverse rows in a straight line. This he is readily enabledto do by observing the position of the index a. The index also serves towarn him of the proper time to close the gate sto prevent the grain fromwasting in turning the planters at the ends of the rows, and also inadjusting the position of the planter whenever the transverse rows getout of a straight line. The number of kernelsdeposited at once isregulated by the thickness of the plantingplates D and the size of theapertures therein. By varying the thickness ofthe planting-plates andthe size and number of the apertures therein they can be adapted to theplanting of every variety of grain or seeds.

Having thus fully described my improved grain and seed planter, what Iclaim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The combination of the index a on the axle g and the numbers or marks onthe cover K of the grain-box, with the aperture '5 in the planting-plateD, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

- B. F. PARTRIDGE.

Witnesses:

It. MOLWORTH, J OHN HUNT.

